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    Erratum: Genetic origin, admixture and population history of aurochs (Bos primigenius) and primitive European cattle

    Correction to: Heredity (2017) 118, 169–176; doi:10.1038/hdy.2016.79; published online 28 September 2016 Following the publication of this article the authors have noticed an error in the code used for three-p...

    M R Upadhyay, W Chen, J A Lenstra, C R J Goderie, D E MacHugh, S D E Park in Heredity (2017)

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    Hair cortisol levels in captive brown hare (Lepus europaeus): potential effect of sex, age, and breeding technology

    Breeding wild animals for restocking imply their ability to respond to wild conditions and to overcome the stress of transport and cage rearing. Cortisol was used in animals to measure stress levels. Aims of t...

    L. Esposito, L. Auletta, F. Ciani, A. Pelagalli in European Journal of Wildlife Research (2017)

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    Genetic origin, admixture and population history of aurochs (Bos primigenius) and primitive European cattle

    The domestication of taurine cattle initiated ~10 000 years ago in the Near East from a wild aurochs (Bos primigenius) population followed by their dispersal through migration of agriculturalists to Europe. Altho...

    M R Upadhyay, W Chen, J A Lenstra, C R J Goderie, D E MacHugh, S D E Park in Heredity (2017)

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    Possible antioxidant role of SPA therapy with chlorine–sulphur–bicarbonate mineral water

    The aim of our research was to analyze the antioxidant role and efficacy of thermal or salus per aquam (spa) therapy with chlorine–sulphur–bicarbonate mineral water. The study has been performed on 30 rats. Th...

    M. Costantino, G. Giuberti, M. Caraglia, A. Lombardi, G. Misso in Amino Acids (2009)

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    Two new mutations in children affected by partial biotinidase deficiency ascertained by newborn screening

    Mutation analysis performed on DNA from 6 Italian patients with partial biotinidase deficiency ascertained by newborn screening allowed the identification of two new mutations, c1211C>T (T404I) and a single ba...

    S. Funghini, M.A. Donati, E. Pasquini in Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease (2002)

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    Fatal neonatal outcome in a case of muscular mitochondrial DNA depletion

    G. M. Poggi, E. Lamantea, F. Ciani, M. A. Donati in Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease (2000)

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    Long-term instability of fasting plasma glucose predicts mortality in elderly NIDDM patients: the Verona Diabetes Study

    The aim of this study was to evaluate whether long-term glucose control, as assessed by fasting plasma glucose determinations during 3 years, is a predictor of all-cause mortality in elderly NIDDM patients. Fi...

    Professor M. Muggeo, G. Verlato, E. Bonora, F. Ciani, P. Moghetti in Diabetologia (1995)

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    The effect of acute metabolic alkalosis on bicarbonate transport along the loop of Henle. The role of active transport processes and passive paracellular backflux

    The loop of Henle (LOH) reabsorbs approximately 15% of filtered HCO 3 via a luminal Na+-H+ exchanger and H+ATPase. During acute metabolic alkalosis (AMA) ind...

    G. Capasso, R. Unwin, F. Ciani, G. De Tommaso, M. Vinciguerra, F. Russo in Pflügers Archiv (1994)

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    Choroidal and iris angioarchitecture of the newt: A scanning electron-microscopic study of vascular corrosion casts

    The corrosion cast technique provided for the first time an excellent three-dimensional visualization of the vascular pattern of the choroid and iris in the newt eye. The results show the presence of a single ...

    M. Lazzari, V. Franceschini, G. Minelli, F. Ciani in Experientia (1993)

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    Acetylcholinesterase activity in the normal and retino-deprived optic tectum of the quail

    Acetylcholinesterase localization has been studied by electron microscopic histochemistry in the quail optic tectum. Ultrastructural analysis reveals that the different neuronal types in the tectum possess the...

    F. Ciani, A. Contestabile, L. Villani in Histochemistry (1978)